PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 18R8. 23 



4. Stock of an inferior description, or which does not fall within the 

 prescribed regulations, shall not be placed for competition. The Premiums 

 shall not be divided. No Money Premiurn shall be adjudged unless tliere 

 are three lots exhibited, and not more than one-half unless tliere are six. A 

 competitor may exhibit two lots in each class. For the Medal, two lots are 

 required. 



5. An animal which has gained the Society's first Premium at a previou 

 District or General Show is inadmissible in the same class, except for the 

 Medal ; and one which has gained a second Money Premium can only there- 

 after compete in that class for the first. 



6. A Tenant or Factor may compete with Proprietors for the Medal with a 

 Bull which has gained the first Money Premium at a previous Show. When 

 there is any doubt as to whether a competitor should be ranked as a Proprie- 

 tor, or a Tenant, the point is left to the decision of the local Committee. 



7. A Bull, the property of two or more Tenants, may compete, although 

 the Exhibitors may not be joint-tenants. 



8. Stock must be the property of the Exhibitor at the date of entry, and 

 no entry shall be received later than one week previous to the Shoio. Entry- 

 money shall not exceed 2^ per cent, on the amount of the Premium to be 

 competed for. 



9. Bulls for which the Money Premiums are awarded may be required to 

 serve in the District at least one season ; the rate of service to be fixed by the 

 Committee. 



10. Should it be proved to the satisfaction of the Committee that an 

 animal has been entered under a false name, pedigree, or description, for the 

 purpose of misleading the Committee or Judges as to its qualifications or 

 properties, the case shall be reported to the Directors, and submitted by 

 them to the first General Meeting, in order that the Exhibitor shall be dis- 

 qualified from again competing at the Society's Shows, and his name, if he be 

 a member, struck from the roll. 



11. When an animal has previously been disqualified by the decision of 

 any Agricultural Association in Great Britain or Ireland, such disqualification 

 shall attach, if the Exhibitor, being aware of the disqualification, fail to state 

 it, and the grounds thereof, in his entry, to enable the Committee to judge of 

 its validity. 



1 2. Blank reports will be furnished to the Conveners of the different Dis- 

 tricts. These must, in all details, be completed and lodged with the Secretary 

 on or before the 1st of November next, for the approval of the Directors, 

 against whose decisions there shall be no appeal. 



13. A report of the Competition and Premiums awarded at the intermediate 

 local Shows, in the several Districts, signed by a Member of the Society, must 

 be transmitted to the Secretary on or before the 1st November in each year, 

 otherwise the Society's grants shall terminate. 



14. It is to be distinctly understood that in no instance does any claim lie 

 against the Society for expenses attending a show of stock beyond the amount 

 of the Premiums offered. 



Section 2.— DEAUGHT HOESES. 



The County of Ayr. 



Convener of Committee. 

 Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran, Bart., M.P. 



